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Learn the wildlife of Great Sandy National Park

Australia

2,127 species have research-grade observations inside Great Sandy National Park on iNaturalist. KnowKi turns the most recorded into short lessons with real photos, so you know what you're looking at before you go.

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Most recorded here

The species with the most research-grade observations on iNaturalist, and how many each has. Most recorded doesn't mean native.

Birds

  1. Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae106
  2. White-cheeked Honeyeater Phylidonyris niger103
  3. White-bellied Sea-Eagle Icthyophaga leucogaster64
  4. Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis61
  5. Bush Stone-curlew Burhinus grallarius56
  6. Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis54
  7. Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus51
  8. Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus43
  9. Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus43
  10. Musk Duck Biziura lobata40

Plants

  1. Pink Boronia Boronia rosmarinifolia243
  2. Rosy Sundew Drosera spatulata231
  3. Foxtails Caustis blakei229
  4. Wallum phebalium Phebalium woombye210
  5. Slender Hyacinth-Orchid Dipodium variegatum145
  6. Climbing Guinea flower Hibbertia scandens143
  7. Wedding Bush Ricinocarpos pinifolius143
  8. Swamp Banksia Banksia robur139
  9. Queen of the Bush Pimelea linifolia129
  10. Blueberry ash Elaeocarpus reticulatus127

Mammals

  1. Domestic Dog Canis familiaris276
  2. Eastern Grey Kangaroo Macropus giganteus112
  3. Fawn-footed Melomys Melomys cervinipes18
  4. Short-eared Brush-tailed Possum Trichosurus caninus12

Insects

  1. Brownwater Skimmer Orthetrum boumiera127
  2. Dune Ringtail Austrolestes minjerriba125
  3. Leptomyrmex rufithorax107
  4. Fiery Skimmer Orthetrum villosovittatum92
  5. Coastal Flatwing Griseargiolestes albescens77
  6. Flame-headed Riverdamsel Pseudagrion ignifer64
  7. Australian Pygmyfly Nannophya australis62
  8. Jumping Jack Ant Myrmecia nigrocincta55
  9. Fivespot Threadtail Nososticta solitaria47
  10. Wallum Darner Austroaeschna cooloola45

Spiders and kin

  1. Tiger Spider Trichonephila plumipes89
  2. Giant Golden Orbweaver Nephila pilipes80
  3. Heteropoda procera64
  4. Four-spined Spiny Orbweaver Gasteracantha quadrispinosa59
  5. Heteropoda cooloola50
  6. Marbled Scorpion Lychas variatus38
  7. Grey Huntsman Spider Holconia immanis36
  8. Ant-eater Jumping Spider Zenodorus orbiculatus34
  9. Unusual Peacock Spider Maratus anomalus17
  10. Spectacular Crab Spider Thomisus spectabilis15

Reptiles

  1. Lace Monitor Varanus varius328
  2. Carpet Python Morelia spilota62
  3. Major Skink Bellatorias frerei55
  4. Eastern Short-necked Turtle Emydura macquarii32
  5. Elegant Snake-eyed Skink Cryptoblepharus pulcher25
  6. Burton's Legless Lizard Lialis burtonis19
  7. Southern Bar-sided Skink Concinnia tenuis16
  8. Common keelback Tropidonophis mairii15
  9. Southern Death Adder Acanthophis antarcticus13
  10. Eastern Bearded Dragon Pogona barbata12

Amphibians

  1. Cooloola Tree Frog Drymomantis cooloolensis117
  2. Cane Toad Rhinella marina86
  3. Wallum Rocket Frog Litoria freycineti46
  4. Olongburra Tree Frog Drymomantis olongburensis38
  5. Wallum Froglet Crinia tinnula30
  6. Striped Marsh Frog Limnodynastes peronii26
  7. Scarlet-sided Banjo Frog Limnodynastes grayi26
  8. Tyler's Laughing Tree Frog Pengilleyia tyleri23
  9. Green Tree Frog Pelodryas caerulea22
  10. Striped Rocket Frog Litoria nasuta15

Fish

  1. Jungle Perch Kuhlia rupestris25
  2. Freshwater Catfish Tandanus tandanus25
  3. Ornate Rainbowfish Rhadinocentrus ornatus20
  4. Striped gudgeon Gobiomorphus australis19
  5. Blue Catfish Neoarius graeffei18
  6. Australian Bass Percalates novemaculeatus16
  7. Australian Long-finned Eel Anguilla reinhardtii14
  8. Empire Gudgeon Hypseleotris compressa13

Mollusks

  1. Fraser's Banded Snail Sphaerospira fraseri112
  2. Figuladra bromileyorum31
  3. Red Triangle Slug Triboniophorus graeffei16
  4. Pampin's Beehive Snail Coneuplecta pampini14

How a trip works

A trip has its own trail of lessons: meet six species, match them to new photos, then practice with four choices. Species you learn go into your Fieldbook, and starting a trip earns its Passport stamp. Your home place stays as it is.

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Species lists and counts from research-grade observations on iNaturalist, as of October 2026. Parks outside the U.S. are from the World Database on Protected Areas (UNEP-WCMC and IUCN, Protected Planet). KnowKi is not affiliated with the National Park Service or any park's managers. Free, with no ads, no account, and no purchases.